Supplier Quality Engineering Manager

Medtronic Vascular Galway UC; Galway; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global healthcare technology company in County Galway is seeking a Supplier Quality Manager to lead a dynamic team focused on supplier quality excellence. This role involves mentoring engineers, monitoring quality metrics, and collaborating across teams to ensure high-quality products. Candidates should have a Level 8 degree, at least 5 years in management, and experience in the medical device sector. Competitive salary and flexible benefits included.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Flexible benefits package

Short-term incentive plan

Qualifications

• 5 years of direct managerial experience of engineers.
• Demonstrated progressive management experience.
• Proven record of accomplishment in the medical device market.

Responsibilities

• Guide and motivate a talented team responsible for supplier quality strategies.
• Monitor and report supplier quality metrics.
• Provide coaching and conduct performance reviews.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to establish supplier quality requirements.

Skills

Team building

Communication

People management

Management skills

Dynamic team player

Proactive in global teams

Experienced in medical devices

Education

Level 8 Degree in Engineering, Science, IT or related discipline

Job description

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Are you looking to lead and drive innovation in the Medical Device industry? Working within the Supplier Quality team you will support the site with driving excellence with suppliers.

Responsible for leading a team of engineers ensuring the quality of the products supplied to the site from our external suppliers. This is a dynamic environment and needs a dynamic leader. At our Supplier Quality Engineering Dept in Medtronic, plc, we focus on Post Market Supplier Quality to deliver quality parts, materials and services to our customers. We strive to prevent defects and allow Medtronic to provide customers with the highest quality and reliable products.

Our Global Quality and Supplier Quality Strategy is rooted in the Medtronic Mission and our Quality Policy. Being a "trusted partner" means always putting patient safety first, upholding product quality, and maintaining the highest ethical standards in our business relationships and programs.

Responsibilities

• Guide, grow, and motivate a talented and diverse team responsible for developing and implementing supplier quality strategies, policies and procedures.
• Set clear goals, expectations, and development plans for direct reports.
• Dami Monitor and report supplier quality metrics and use this information to build strong relationships with supplier partners to foster continuous improvement.
• Provide regular coaching, feedback, and complete performance reviews.
• Identify training opportunities, support professional growth, encourage cross-functional learning and skill development within the team.
• Participate in the ongoing development and scaling of the organization in line with business demands and ensure that we have the skillsets in place to deliver predictable outcomes.
• Collaborate with cross functional and cross site teams to establish supplier quality requirements in line with operational objectives.
• Responsible for managing functional resource allocation.
• Understand and comply with company policies & procedures and external standards & guidance.
• Generate solutions to process, engineering and organizational challenges.

Key Skills & Experience

• Level 8 Degree or higher in Engineering, Science, IT or related discipline and 5 years direct managerial experience of engineers and a career history of demonstrated progressive management experience.
• Excellent team building, communication, people management and management skills.
• Dynamic team player and mentor and can work effectively and proactively on a global team.
• Experienced in the medical device market and have a proven result driven record of accomplishment.

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package. A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions. Our Mission - to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life - unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. We are engineers at heart- putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here.

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